Quotes about Commitment

Prayer calls me to abandon the present as my only lens on life and commit to look at life from the perspective of reality.

A good relationship is a good relationship because the people in the relationship never quit working on the relationship.

Forgiveness is a vertical commitment that is followed by a horizontal transaction.

Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.

If I were to persuade just one person to stop fighting for something they were convinced was worthwhile, I would end up persuading myself, and my whole life would be diminished.

I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

Every idea is my last. I feel sure of it. So, I try to do the best with each as it comes and that's where my responsibility ends. But I just don't wait for ideas. I look for them. Constantly. And if I don't use the ideas that I find, they're going to quit showing up.

If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it." — LUKE 9:23-24

which is maintaining agreement with your prayer. It is impossible to hold on to something that's not first possessed in your heart.

The marriage covenant should be strong enough to endure pressure from within and from without

and each spouse in the relationship should believe that the other is worth saving and the marriage is worth fighting for.

But Washington's long and faithful service stands in marked distinction from Jefferson's mere election. Washington actually served with great fidelity. We do not want to read anything into this other than what the facts tell us, and the facts are that George Washington's service as a vestryman is commensurate with the highest commitment to the Christianity proposed by the Anglican Church.